STATE v. PETTA

No. 60558.

354 So.2d 563 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Paul PETTA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rena M. Price, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Willian J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., John L. A. Lenfant, IV, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant Petta was convicted of possession of heroin, La.R.S. 40:966 B(1), and sentenced, as a multiple offender, La.R.S. 15:529.1, to ten years at hard labor. Upon his appeal, he relies upon five assignments of error.

We find no merit to these assignments:

Assignment 1:

The heroin was discovered as the result of a warrant obtained to search premises at 1433 Crete Street, Apartment C. The premises were further...

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